Today, a special edition of Midday live from historic Sumner Hall, in Chestertown, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Sumner Hall was built in 1908. It served as the meeting place for the Charles Sumner Post #25, a Grand Army of the Republic post founded by African American Union Veterans of the Civil War. For decades, Sumner Hall was the social and cultural hub of Chestertown’s African American community. The theme of our show today is “Embracing Change in a Historic Community,” and over the course of the next hour, Tom and his guests will focus on three examples of that change -- in health care, public education, and race relations, and its impact on the people of Chestertown and Kent County.